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Boeing appoints new supply chain SVP
Boeing has appointed Jenette Ramos as senior vice president, supply chain & operations, effective immediately. Ramos, 51, replaces Pat Shanahan, who has been nominated to serve as US deputy secretary of defense.She is a 29-year Boeing veteran with executive leadership roles in fabrication, supplier management, and environment, health and safety ...
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Atlas looks forward to a strong peak after a "flying start" to 2017
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings got “off to an exciting start in 2017” as it announced 2017 improved income from continuing operations, but it registered a net loss.During the first quarter income from continuing operations, net of taxes, total $8.3m compared with $7.7m in the year-ago quarter, operating revenues increased by ...
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UPS links up with China's SF Express
UPS and SF Holding, the parent company of SF Express, are to establish a joint venture and collaborate to develop and provide international delivery services, initially from China to the US, with expansion plans for other destinations.The joint venture is subject to regulatory approval.US express and logistics giant UPS is ...
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NewsApril freight growth tails off but IATA remains upbeat
Global air freight tonne kilometres (FTKs) rose 8.5% in April 2017 compared to last year, said IATA in its latest figures.While this was down from March’s 13.4% year-on-year growth, it is well above the average annual growth rate of 3.5% over the past five years.Meanwhile, growth in freight capacity, measured ...
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MASkargo launches express freighter links from KL
MASkargo has launched five-times-a-week Airbus A330-200F express freighter services from its home hub at Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu and Kuching, with growing e-commerce and courier demand between East and West Malaysia a key element in the decision."As the Asian cross-border e-commerce is booming, MASkargo is poised to tap into ...
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Air China Cargo lands at Liege Airport
Air Cargo China has this launched a weekly Boeing 777-200 Asia-Europe freighter flight between Liege Airport in Belgium and Shanghai.Flag carrier Air China Cargo uses Shanghai as its main freighter operation base has a fleet of three Boeing 747-400Fs, eight B777Fs and four Boeing 757-200SFs.Steven Verhasselt, VP commercial Liege Airport, ...
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NewsClick, click, click: US online shoppers trending towards international retailers
More statistical evidence has emerged of a growing crossborder e-commerce market.A study of US online shoppers indicates a strong trend towards purchases from international retailers.The sixth annual UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper study found that nearly half (47%) of “avid US online shoppers” bought items from international retailers compared ...
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ABC joins Schiphol pharma initiative
Russia’s AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has become the second carrier to join the 14-member Pharma Gateway Amsterdam (PGA) initiative, which aims to improve transparency and quality in the pharmaceuticals air cargo supply chain.ABC is certified under the IATA Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma) scheme, a ...
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Exelsius and IAG announce sixth GDP workshop
IAG Cargo and Exelsius have announced that their sixth GDP Academy workshop will be held in London on October 2-3.The Good Distribution Practice Academy combines classroom training in the correct handling of temperature sensitive pharmaceutical products, with a ‘live’ visit to an airport airside area.Students will be able to witness ...
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New UPS healthcare facility opens in Colombia
US-based express integrator UPS has opened a 76,000 sq ft dedicated healthcare facility, located near El Dorado International Airport in San Diego Industrial Park in the Funza, Cundinamarca area of Colombia to serve pharmaceutical, biopharma and medical device companies active in the Latin American market – whether imports, domestic delivery ...
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SF Express and Alibaba end data dispute
Delivery giant SF Express has restarted transportation services for online retail giant Alibaba after they ended their dispute over data sharing.The standoff, which began last week, came to an end after the intervention of China’s State Post Bureau.The dispute started when Alibaba’s Cainiao logistics arm told Alibaba sellers on May ...
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Alibaba and SF Express in data-sharing standoff
SF Express, one of the biggest delivery firms for Alibaba, says it has been dropped by the online retail giant for refusing to share its customers’ data.According to a report in the Financial Times, Alibaba’s Cainiao logistics arm told Alibaba sellers on 30 May to use other couriers in response ...
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Purolator goes coast to coast in the US
Purolator International - Canada’s largest integrated freight, parcel and logistics solutions provider - has launched an expedited forwarding service for domestic US shipments for next day, two-day, or 3-5 day delivery. There is also an Elite service for shipments that require a specialised delivery window.The courier says it will offer ...
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Business blooms in the desert for UPS
UPS is to open a new package processing hub in the town of Goodyear, near Phoenix, Arizona. The first phase is expected to begin operating later this to provide additional capacity for lightweight small e-commerce packages - a growing business in Arizona and the southwest, says UPS.Full completion is planned ...
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YTO to build Zhejiang hub
Chinese parcels carrier YTO Express is to build a 5 billion yuan ($735 million) logistics hub in Zhejiang, according to a report in the China Economic Review.The carrier, which aims to become the largest international courier in mainland China by 2020, recently acquired a majority stake in Hong Kong-based On ...
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Qatar Airways expands pharma network
Doha-based Qatar Airways has added Colombo (Sri Lanka) and Dublin (Republic of Ireland) to its pharma network, bringing the total number of destinations covered to 73. Operations to Colombo began on 15 May, while Dublin is due to become active on 12 June with the launch of the carrier’s Boeing ...
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Unisys launches pharma tracker to help combat fraud and theft
Unisys has launched its PharmaTrack software that combines "leading security, advanced data analytics and compliance technology in a single, unified platform".The global IT firm says that the software will provide life sciences and healthcare companies "enhanced visibility and oversight" of the entire global pharmaceutical supply chain and so help combat ...
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DHL's fish freighter for Norwegian seafood logistics
DHL Global Forwarding is accelerating Norway’s seafood supply chain by shipping live crabs and other seafood on dedicated weekly flights from Oslo to Asia and Northern America.The express giant is transporting fresh seafood from Laskselv airport in northern Norway to Oslo, from where the freight is sent to South Korea ...
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Emirates' focus on Vietnamese perishables bears fruit
Emirates SkyCargo has seen a near five-fold increase in the volumes of exports of fruits between Vietnam and Dubai over the last year.Collaborative efforts between Middle East carrier’s cargo arm and Vietnam’s Trade Promotion Agency Vietrade saw perishables exports to Dubai, including rambutans and lychees, touch a record close to ...
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EgyptAir Cargo to add pharma product
EgyptAir Cargo has revealed it will launch a pharma product this summer after signing a deal for passive containers with va-Q-tec.The airline said that va-Q-tec's passive container rental service will enable deviation-free transportation of temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals around the world to over 70 EgyptAir Cargo destinations.The two companies finalised the deal ...